To hold the same views at forty as we held at twenty is to have been stupefied for a score of years, and take rank, not as a prophet, but as an unteachable brat, well birched and none the wiser. It is as if a ship captain should sail to India from the Port of London; and having brought a chart of the Thames on deck at his first setting out, should obstinately use no other for the whole voyage.
The person who has stopped being thankful has fallen asleep in life. - Robert Louis Stevenson
The person who has stopped being thankful has fallen asleep in life.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences. - Robert Louis Stevenson
Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences.
Like a bird singing in the rain, let grateful memories survive in time of sorrow. - Robert Louis Stevenson
Like a bird singing in the rain, let grateful memories survive in time of sorrow.
In each of us, two natures are at war – the good and the evil. All our lives the fight goes on between them, and one of them must conquer. But in our… - Robert Louis Stevenson
In each of us, two natures are at war – the good and the evil. All our lives the fight goes on between them, and one of them must conquer. But in our…
You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving. - Robert Louis Stevenson
You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.
If a man lives to any considerable age, it can not be denied that he laments his imprudences, but I notice he often laments his youth a deal more bit… - Robert Louis Stevenson
If a man lives to any considerable age, it can not be denied that he laments his imprudences, but I notice he often laments his youth a deal more bit…
To love is the great amulet that makes this world a garden. - Robert Louis Stevenson
To love is the great amulet that makes this world a garden.
Make up your mind to be happy. Learn to find pleasure in simple things. - Robert Louis Stevenson
Make up your mind to be happy. Learn to find pleasure in simple things.
Don't ever confuse motion with progress. - Robert Louis Stevenson
Don't ever confuse motion with progress.
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